Oh my.

[Enkidoh]

Oooh boy, I'm surprised the Loremasters haven't posted about this yet - they'll have a field day over this.

Personally though, I'm not convinced this is really is Nael at all - the last anyone saw of him in 1.0 was his body disintegrating into aether and flowing up into the sky to Dalamud - hence, whose to say this 'Nael' is just an 'aetheric entity' that has taken a loose form which is not 100% 'correct'? 'She', could be the same thing as Good King Moggle Mog the XIIth - aether given form and substance based on a desire or memory.

Not to mention Nael's official SE bio on the main FFXIV website has long stated Nael as male, and the kicker, the lyrics for Nael's final boss theme Rise of the White Raven, refers to him in the male tense (when translated into English from Latin). So, is that all just a retcon, or has SE decided to have a laugh at the players' expense by throwing all that away to instead pull a rule 63? I guess we'll find out soon enough.